ebooks: Anyone use 'em?

[silverpig]

So I got a Palm T|X today and I'm happy with it so far. I'd like to get some ebooks, but the copy of Wuthering Heights that came with it for free isn't exactly my taste. That and they forced me to read it in my last year of high school. Anyways, I want to get some ebooks and need some info on where I can get them. So far I've found sites with links to sites with links etc. I would like some links to free ebook sites, and maybe a link to a good site that has the popular mainstream ebooks as well (don't mind paying for these).

:thumbsup:

 

[Leper Messiah]

I can't read e-books for a long period of time, computer screens make my eyes burn.

 

[JujuFish]

Free eBooks - Project Gutenberg

Edit: If you're not into text files, free eBooks for the Microsoft Reader

 

[dopcombo]

YGPM

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: JujuFish
Free eBooks - Project Gutenberg

Good source. Try some Mark Twain other than the usual Finn & Sawyer.

For SF & fantasy, Baen.com has a nice free library of excellent work from David Drake, David Weber, and many others.

Military SF
1632
A Hymn Before Battle
March Upcountry
On Basilisk Station
The Tank Lords

General SF
Agent of Vega
Mutineer's Moon
Telzey Amberdon
With the Lightnings

 

[AStar617]

Project Gutenberg FTW!

I just scored a GBA movie player (basically a CF adapter in GBA cartridge form) mainly for its secondary eBook capabilities. Much more convenient than pulling out a whole laptop for flights.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: JujuFish
Free eBooks - Project Gutenberg

wow, thanks.

 

[silverpig]

Yeah I found Project Gutenberg before, but hadn't really gone through it. I've got quite a few of the classics already downloaded. Looking for some Steinbeck still though.

 

[silverpig]

Okay, so I've got some .txt and .html files. Can anyone recommend a free ebook compiling program so I can place bookmarks etc with the ereader that comes with my palm?

 

[silverpig]

Sweetness

This site has taken most of the gutenberg ebooks and converted them to a large number of different formats for use with pdas, etc.

 

[blakeatwork]

Yep...

I prefer Adobe PalmReader.. Let's me convert my pdf's to Palm format to read..